Archie Rice

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Archie Rice is a washed-up, cynical music-hall performer whose personal and professional decline embodies the fading glory of British vaudeville.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
stage character ⓘ
appearsIn The Entertainer ⓘ
The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
artFormContext music hall ⓘ
vaudeville ⓘ
associatedTheme generational conflict ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ
associatedWith British theatre ⓘ
post-war British drama ⓘ
characterTrait cynical ⓘ
washed-up ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy John Osborne ⓘ
createdInPeriod 1950s ⓘ
emotionalTone bitter ⓘ
world-weary ⓘ
familyBackground comes from a family of performers ⓘ
firstAppearance The Entertainer (play, 1957) ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
hasProblem financial difficulties ⓘ
marital problems ⓘ
professional failure ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryMovementContext Angry Young Men ⓘ
medium cinema ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
narrativeFunction critique of commercialized entertainment ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
occupation entertainer ⓘ
music-hall performer ⓘ
portrayedBy Laurence Olivier ⓘ
other stage actors in various productions ⓘ
represents fading glory of British vaudeville ⓘ
setting British seaside resort ⓘ
stageGenreContext music-hall revue ⓘ
symbolizes decline of traditional British entertainment ⓘ
themeAssociation disillusionment ⓘ
personal decline ⓘ
post-war British society ⓘ
professional decline ⓘ
workTypeOfAppearance feature film ⓘ
stage play ⓘ

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